In major deviation from Olympic convention, the finals of all swimming events were staged in morning at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Reason: American television network NBC wanted to broadcast the eve

Dick Fosbury faced the problem that confronts all pioneers: rejection and ridicule. The American transformed the way the high jump was executed with his revolutionary curved run-up and backward cleara

Beijing Games bronze-medallist boxer Vijender Singh has assured that "we will not come back empty-handed" from the forthcoming London Olympics and said that they were very positive about their chances

Hit hard by one of the biggest doping scandals in the run-up to the Olympic Games, India's athletics team, including a couple of medal hopefuls, would hope to seek solace and redeem their reputation w

Tug of war is more popular these days as a recreational activity. It is usually an event for teachers in school meets.

Tug of war generates more fun than fierce competition. But the sport was more t

The Indian heat is searing in the gym when the power goes out. A physio hurries over with an emergency lamp and boxing star MC Mary Kom resumes battering the punchbag.

It's hardly an ideal training s

Nigeria seized the last men's basketball berth at the London Olympics on Sunday with an 88-73 victory over the Dominican Republic in a last-chance game at the FIBA qualifying tournament.

Nigeria had

Welsh winger Ryan Giggs will captain Britain's soccer team at the London Olympics, head coach Stuart Pearce said on Sunday.

The 38-year-old, oldest of the three over-age players in the 18-man squad,

With no major triumph to show in the last 32 years, erstwhile hockey powerhouse India badly needs a medal in the London Olympics to revive the national sport's interest in the cricket-crazy nation, fe

India has been granted an Olympic berth in swimming with the world body FINA springing a surprise by choosing Karnataka swimmer Gagan AP Ulalmath in the men's 1,500m freestyle.

The surprise move, whi